CANADA STOCKS-TSX futures lower after oil slips

Aug 30 (Reuters) - Canada’s main stock index was set to open lower on Wednesday as crude oil slid after flooding and damage from Tropical Storm Harvey shut nearly a fifth of U.S. refineries.

Refineries with output of 4.1 million barrels per day (bpd) were offline on Tuesday, representing 23 percent of U.S. production, Goldman Sachs said. Restarting plants even under the best conditions can take a week or more.

September futures on the S&P TSX index were down 0.11 percent at 7:15 a.m. ET.

Current account data for Q2 is due at 08:30 a.m. ET .

Canada’s main stock index rose on Tuesday, clawing back earlier losses after North Korea had fired a ballistic missile over Japan’s northern Hokkaido island, as energy and gold mining shares gained ground.

Dow Jones Industrial Average e-mini futures were up 0.13 percent at 7:15 a.m. ET, while S&P 500 e-mini futures were up 0.07 percent and Nasdaq 100 e-mini futures were up 0.14 percent.

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